One of Canada’s most astute political observers, John Ibbitson became the Globe’s Washington correspondent in May 2007. He is the author of several books of political analysis, including Promised Land: Inside the Mike Harris Revolution (1997), Loyal No More: Ontario’s Struggle for a Separate Destiny (2001) and The Polite Revolution: Perfecting the Canadian Dream (2005), along with works of fiction and poetry.

This event is part of the CIPS series on US Foreign Policy After Bush.